labour exchange

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noun

British a former name for employment office

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Words nearby labour exchange

Labour and Socialist International, labour camp, Labour Day, laboured, labourer, labour exchange, labour-intensive, labourism, labourist, Labourite, labour law

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How to use labour exchange in a sentence

A doctor is in future to be kept at every Labour Exchange to render first-aid to those who should be offered a situation.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 156, April 16, 1919|Various
The Labour Exchange at Liverpool has actually decasualized the whole of the system of dock labour in that port.
A Short History of English Liberalism|Walter Lyon Blease
Any woman living in a town where there is a Labour Exchange can register by going there in person.
Women and War Work|Helen Fraser
Returns showed that it was largely into situations of this character that lads were being thrust by the Labour Exchange.
Boy Labour and Apprenticeship|Reginald Arthur Bray

On the other hand, there must be close co-operation between the Labour Exchange and the education authority.
Boy Labour and Apprenticeship|Reginald Arthur Bray